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How to Decant to a Special Needs Trust
In 2018, Florida revised the ability to more easily modify existing trusts. Basically, now there are three separate ways that a trustee may engage in a decanting, a general term used to describe the trustee of an existing trust creating a new, second trust, and...
Decanting Trusts in Florida – When and How
Is that irrevocable trust you created, or somebody created for your benefit, really set in stone? Prior to 2007, the answer would mostly be yes, but between 2007 and now, the answer became more complex. Modifications without going to court are now more easily done,...
Attorney Alexander E. Howell Joins ShuffieldLowman
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – ShuffieldLowman recently announced that attorney Alexander E. Howell has joined the firm, working in the Orlando office’s tax and corporate law sections. Howell, originally from Kingston, Jamaica, holds an advanced law degree, LL.M. in taxation,...
Is Your Website ADA Compliant? What Florida Companies Need to Know
The Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was enacted in 1990 to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including in employment, schools, transportation and all public places and private places that are open to the...
Alex Douglas Featured on The Florida Bar Podcast
ShuffieldLowman’s Alex Douglas was recently featured on The Florida Bar Podcast to speak about the latest elder law and estate planning updates. Listen to this episode to hear about qualified beneficiaries, homestead issues, guardianships, irrevocable trusts, and even...
Six ShuffieldLowman Partners Named 2019 Legal Elite
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Six ShuffieldLowman partners were recently selected as 2019 Legal Elite attorneys by Florida Trend magazine. The “Legal Elite” designation represents fewer than 1.2% of the active Florida Bar members who practice in the state. The ShuffieldLowman...
Orlando Business Journal Names ShuffieldLowman a 2019 Readers’ Choice Winner for Best Local Law Firm
The Orlando Business Journal’s readership recently voted ShuffieldLowman the area’s best local law firm. Earlier this year, OBJ readers were invited to submit votes in several categories in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Brevard and Volusia counties for the 2019...
Four ShuffieldLowman Partners Named 2019 Super Lawyers
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – William “Bill” R. Lowman, Jr., Heidi W. Isenhart, Alexander S. Douglas, II, and Stephanie L. Cook, all partners with the law firm of ShuffieldLowman, have been selected as 2019 Florida Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, owned by Thomson Reuters,...
Understanding the Fiduciary Duties of a Trustee
ShuffieldLowman partner, Alex Douglas, also contributed to this post. Once a trustee accepts trusteeship of a trust, there are certain fiduciary duties to the trust beneficiaries, according to the Florida Trust Code. Some of these fiduciary duties cannot be modified,...
How to Protect Yourself as a Trustee
ShuffieldLowman attorney, Nicole Copsidas, also contributed to this post. In the event that a problem develops in the trust administration of an irrevocable trust (a trust that cannot be amended by the person who created the trust), or if there is an ambiguity in the...